Means for conveying meat to be stuffed from mixing to stuffing machines



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MEANS FOR CONVEYING MEAT TO BE STUFFED FROM MIXING TO STUFFING MACHINES.

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MEAN S FOR CONVEYING MEAT TO 1313 STUF Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented July 29, 1919.

Application filed September 6, 1917. Serial No. 189.979.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. BURK' HARDT, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State ofOhio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Means for ConveyingMeat to be Stuffed from Mixing to Stuffing Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in means forconveying meat to be stuffed from mixing to stufling machines inslaughter houses.

The principal object of minvention is to provide simple and e ectualmeans whereby the meat made ready for stulfing in a mixing machine, maybe conveyed to the stuifer in an easy, quick and sanitar manner. Myinvention is labor-saving, in that a number of handling operations nownecessary under the present method, are eliminated. By the use of myimproved device the meat need not be touched by the hands, nor is thereany danger of it falling upon the floor, as is often the case where itis hauled from the mixer to the stufier under the present method.

In the accompanyin drawings, Figure 1 is a divided side-elevational viewof my improved means for conveying the meat to be stuffed, from themixer to the stulfer. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the endless conveyingchain. Fig. 3 is a front view of the conveying bucket. Fig. 4 is a sideview of the rail supporting members, showing the rail in sec- 7 tion.Fig. 5 is a front view of a conveying bucket to which the bail is ivotedat its upper middle portion. And ig. 6 is a side elevational view of myimproved conveying means designed for use in lar e slaughter houseswhere a number of hue ets may be filled and held on the track beforebeing emptied in one or more stufiers.

Throughout the specification and drawings, similar reference charactersdenote corres ending parts.

n a detailed description of the preferred form of embodiment of myinvention, the numeral 1 designates a machine for mixing the meatpreparatory to being stuffed. The mixer 1 is preferably provided with asidetrough delivery 2, although my improved conveying means may be usedwith mixing machines which open at the bottom. The numeral 3 designatesa stufiing machine located away from the mixer 1, and to which it isdesired to deliver the meat therefrom in a quick, easy and sanitarymanner.

For the purpose of accomplishing the above end Without hauling themeaton the floor from the mixer to the stuffer, I have provided thefollowing described means. Referring to Figs. 1 and 3, the numeral 4designates an elongated metallic or Wooden bucket or conveyer of aheight which will permit it to be readily slipped under the deliverytrough 2 of the mixer 1. The top of the bucket 4 is preferably encircledby a metallic band 5 from which a pair of ears 6 6 upwardly project.Each of the ears 6 contains a hole which loosely receives a hook end 7of a bail 8. The latter has a vertical neck portion 9 which terminatesin a ring head 10 for a purpose to be hereinafter described. Projectinglaterally from the neck portion 9 of the bail 8 is a stud 11 that formsthe bearing for a pulley 12 which is held thereon by a cotter pin 13.Suitably pivoted to one side of the bucket i at its extreme lower end,is a preferably swinging bottom 14: whose free end is adapted to beengaged by a catch member 15 to close the lower end of said bucket in apractically water-tight manner. The bucket 4 is also provided at itslower end with a side faucet 16 to deliver liquid matter therefromwithout the necessity of opening its bottom 14.

Suitably pivoted to a hanger 17 supported from the ceiling, wall orother medium near the mixer 1, is a sprocket wheel 18 around whichtravels a sprocket chain 19 consisting of the usual short links andpivot pins and sleeves as shown in Fig. 2. This chain 19 also passesaround a sprocket wheel 20 suitably supportcd by a hanger 21 above thestufiing machine 3. At intervals throughout its length a hook 22 issecured to the sprocket chain 19 in the following manner. Each hook 22has an eyelet end 23 through which one of the connecting pins 2 1 ofthesprocket chain loosely passes, said hook end 23 being held in themiddle of the connecting pin by sleeve bands 25 25 that surround it,with one band on each side of the hook end between the parallel links 2626 of the chain. (See Fig. 2.)

De ending from the ceilin or other suita le support, is a series ofook-shaped rail supporting members 27. Resting upon the upturned ends ofthe members 27 is a;

rail or track 28, one end of which is located a short distance below thesprocket wheel 20, while the other end thereof terminates on a muchlower level near the mixer 1. The

purpose and arrangement of this track will be described in connectionwith the op eration of my improved conveying means.

Uifter 1 the meat has been prepared for stufiing in the mixer l, theconveying bucket 4 is preferably brought to the position shown in-Ei 1to receive through its upper open emit-fie; stufi' .materialifrom thedelivery trouglrQ ofsai mixer. One of the hooks 22 is then" laveught toa position wherein its hook end may be readily thrust throughthe r'111M110 of the conveyor bail 8.

fter the buckets is filled, it is ready for movement by the lower run ofthe cham 19 to auposition under the sprocket wheel 20 and suflicientlyabove the stufi'er 3 to permit the bottoiula to swim downward to emptythe contents of said ueket into the stuflier. The upward movement of thebuckets may best be efi'ected by hand or other power @P'Plied to any oneof the sprocket shafts.

the bucket-4 reaches its upper position below the sprocket wheel 20, thecatch 15 disengaged from the bottom 14b to permi-t the latter to swingdownwardly by gravity to empty the contents of the bucket into the stuif er ii. Theqbettom 14 ofthe bucket -4 is then swung to its closingposition pre- Efratqry to the descent of the bucket as fol- Ws,-to itsloading position. Referrinto Rig. 1, the upper end of the rail-.28 incines slightly downwardl to a oint where it ma .readigly receive tie puly12 of the but: et 4 aiter the latter has "from the ring head- 10. Asthat,

been brought to its emptying position. Accordingly when the bucket hasbeen emptied, a turther u ward movement thereof will cause-thepul eyl2to .mountthe track 28, whereupon the latter sustain the weight of thebucket at a sufiicient height to permit the hook22 toibe readilywithdrawn part of the chain-19: to 'whi chzthe hook .22 is secured,

travels downwardly, the [free end of Said hook will ridenpon theconnecting in 24 behind. theone to. which Cltds attache ,so as not tointerfere with the free movement of the s rocket wheels. o(See'F,ig. 1.)

A r theg pulley 12. ofa bucket 4 mounts the upper and of the track 8,.thelatter will upport said bucket foraY downward movement ,by. gravityto 'its lead receiving position. a In other words, the rail 281 is soinforce to the bucket carried by it. "Thisugclined that after the pulley12passesiits uppermost point 29, said pulley will easily travel down tothe bottom end thereof, without the necessity 0i applylngany externalward ..and downward movement of t bucket 4 may be repeated aaqulckly as[the latter may be filled and em tiedywithout touching the stuiiinglllttllfillfi making the conveying operation a highly sanitary one.Furthermore, the labor now required to haul a truckload of meat over thefloor between the mixer and stulf'er, and the additional and unsanitaryoperation of throwing the meat from the truck into the stuiler by hand,are entirel eliminated.

In ig. 5 I have shown a conveying bucket to which a bail. is pivoted. atits middle portion. This bucket has no swinging bottom, but is emptiedfrom its upper end when the latter is tilted by elevating the lower endthereof. Watery matter such .as liver pudding and head cheese may bedrawn oil through a lar e faucet 30 or other valve-controlled out et.

In large slaughter houses, a large amount of meat is usually mixed in amixing ma chine and set aside before being deposited in one or morestufliug machines. To meet this use, I have providedthe conveying, meansshown in Fig. 6. These means are practically the same as those shown inFig.

1, with the exception that the track 28 eX- tends a sufiicient distancebeyond thestulfing machine 3 is the direction of the mixer 1, to receivefrom the chain 19 an I desired number of conveying buckets a. lhe,position of. the pulley 20 is-also changed to one above the end of thetrack 28. When a bucket 4 isfilled, it is elevated by a hook, 22 in themanner hereinbefore describedto the position shown in Fig. 61 where thepulley 12 will mount the track 28,.after which itniay be pushed alongthe latter to a point next to another bucket for storage,

When it is now desired to: fill the stufiing machine, the first bucketplaced on thetrack upon it is em tied in the manner-i hereinbe- 'iioredescribe Thereafter it will .descend o n the inclined portion. of said.trackto a pos1t1on..-from-whacl1 it may. be readily moved I forward toreceive. another load.

Ido not-wish. to be limited to. the details of construction andarrangement .herein shown andwdescribed and any changesor modificationsmaybe .made therein Within the scope. of thesubjoined claims.

Having demribed my inventioml claim:

1. Means for conveying meattobe stiifi'ed, from amiixing. to. astuifing. machine, Isomprising a portable bucket, a. sproeketwheelsupported; near said mixing machine, a secondnsprocket wheel positionedabove the stufii-ng'wmachme, an endlessrhain. passing aroundhsaidsprocket wheels, a swinging.

hook depending from said chain, a bail pivotally. secured .to saidbucket terminating inran ey'eletihead adaptedto receive,,.said

e .|hook,.by .which said bucket mavbeearried rfrom apositionto receive.a loadgfrom the mixing machine, to a position above the Istufl'mgmachine, means for easily emptying the bucket contents into saidstuffing machine without touching them, a downwardly inclined trackextending from a point below the second sprocket wheel to a point belowthe first one, and a pulley pivotally secured to the head of said bail,adapted to mount said track after the bucket is emptied to carry thelatter along said track to its loadreceiving position.

2. Means for conveying meat to be stuffed, from a mixing to a stuflingmachine, comprising a portable bucket, a sprocket wheel supported nearsaid mixing machine, a second sprocket wheel positioned above thestufling machine, an endless chain passing around said sprocket wheels,a swinging hook depending from said chain, a bail pivotally secured tosaid bucket terminating in an eyelet head to receive said hook, by whichsaid bucket may be carried from a position to receive a load from themixing machine, to a position above the stufiing machine, a hingedbottom for said bucket to release the contents thereof into the stuffingmachine Without touching them, a downwardly inclined rail extending froma point below the second sprocket wheel to a point below the first one,a stud extending laterally from. the bail head, and a pulley looselymounted on said stud, adapted to mount said rail after the bucket isemptied to carry the lat- Copies of this patent may be obtained for teralong said rail to its load-receiving position.

3. Means for conveying meat to be stuffed, from a mixing to a stuflingmachine, comprising a portable bucket, a sprocket wheel supported nearsaid mixing machine, a second sprocket wheel positioned above thestufling machine, an endless chain passing around said sprocket wheels,said chain comprising a series of laterally disposed pins pivotallyconnecting a series of pairs of parallel links, a hook having an eyeletend through which one of said pins loosely passes, a sleeve band on eachside of said eyelet hook end to hold it in the middle of said connectingpin, a bail for said bucket having an eyelet head to receive said hookfor carriage thereby from a position to receive a load from the mixingmachine, to :1

osition for emptying the contents thereof into the stufling machine, atrack for conducting said bucket after it is emptied, to itsload-receiving position, and a curved end on said hook adapted to reston the connecting pin behind it during the downward travel thereof, freefrom interference with said sprocket wheels.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of Sept,1917.

HENRY W. BURKHARDT, Jn. Witness:

SIDNEY VAUGHAN.

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Washington, D. G.

